Kinetics of the thermal gas phase isomerization of bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane

The kinetics of the gas‐phase decomposition of bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane has been studied over the temperature range of 708–769 K at pressures between 1 and 17 torr. Isomerization to 1‐methylcyclohex‐1‐ene, methylenecyclohexane, and cycloheptene accounts for 96–98% of the primary reaction products and occurs by first‐order, homogeneous, nonradical processes.\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k_{1 - methylcyclohex - 1 - ene3} /s^{ - 1} = 10^{14.98 \pm 0.50} \exp \left( { - 64600 \pm 1700/1.987T} \right) $$\end{document}\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k_{1 - methylenecyclohexane} /s^{ - 1} = 10^{15.08 \pm 0.43} \exp \left( { - 65900 \pm 1400/1.987T} \right) $$\end{document}\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ k_{cyclohexane} /s^{ - 1} = 10^{14.82 \pm 0.28} \exp \left( { - 64900 \pm 1000/1.987T} \right) $$\end{document}